Pionius said: 'Would that I were able to persuade you to become Christians.'
The men laughed aloud at him. 'You have not such power that we should be burnt alive', they said.
'It is far worse', said Pionius, 'to burn after death'.
Sabina smiled at this, and the verger and his men said: 'You laugh?'
'If God so wills,' she said. 'I do. You see, we are Christians. Those who believe in Christ will laugh unhesitatingly in everlasting joy.'
The Acts of Pionius, 8.
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